I live in IL, am single, have several rental properties, have landlord insurance and umbrella policy. I do all the work myself (repairs, upkeep, accounting, screening, approving of tenants etc). The following idea I ...

Dear Houston Real Estate forum members, I wanted to say hello and Thank You for all your information in your posts. I just recently decided to take serious action earlier this month after having listened to BP since t...

Hello BP community,I am 26 years old and recently moved to Denver. I am looking to purchase my first rental property. I am in Denver and would ideally purchase a property within driving distance so I can easily fix it...

newbie here so please be patient with me :) my business partner and i have been working with a real estate agent who's cdpe cetified and have found some good properties for us. we have been looking for about a month a...

Attention Portland, OR investors; If you were investing in a rental property in the Portland metro area, what area of town or outskirts would you invest in if you had a 150K-300k range?I'm 28 years old and purchased m...

I am still in the process of evaluating locations to move to further my real estate investing career. I have tentatively narrowed down locations and am currently leaning towards the Fayetteville / Northwest Arkansas a...

I've received some PMs and e-mails asking about setting goals and what do I do in retirement. I've ressurrected an old blog from nearly a year ago that was done in 2 parts. We have SO many new members, I decided to p...

Hello BP,I have a question for everyone who has experienced a market decline in their local area. Say I am investor with 20 units and those buildings decline in value by 50% over a short period of time. What happens t...

I would like to start investing in an Airbnb. I'm looking for a property that will cash flow, but also would like to invest somewhere that would be a nice annual vacation spot as a side perk. Any suggestions on where ...

I'm just about to close on my first rental property (house-hacking a duplex in a small town outside of San Diego, CA).  The previous Landlord raised rents 3-5% every year on this property, so it is currently rented fo...